We often have customers that want to allow their users to use their mobile device as an identity service for our self-service solutions. By default, we use the ‘mobile’ attribute in AD as it automatically enrolls a user into... Read More
Following up on your vulnerability and penetration testing
You’ve performed your security assessment, found the flaws in your network environment, and now know where your gaps are. What’s next? Do you simply hand the report off to another team and hope that everything gets addressed? Do you... Read More
Custom ADMX templates for the Specops Authentication Client with Specops Password Reset
One of the great things about Specops Software solutions is that they are designed to require as little installation effort as possible. This means that our customers can get a system up and running very quickly, usually zero impact... Read More
Low-hanging security fruit you can’t afford to overlook
Vilfredo Pareto got it right many decades ago when he said that 80 percent of the effects come from 20 percent of the causes. This very principle can be applied to your information security program. Rather than getting caught... Read More
Regular Expressions for Passphrases
As a follow up to our Regular Expressions for password complexity blog post, we’ll look at some of the more interesting things you can do with regular expressions. These are typically (but not necessarily) used in organizations using passphrase... Read More
What to expect during your next penetration test
For some businesses, vulnerability and penetration testing is a deeply-ingrained process that just works. However, for many others, this exercise is less known – arguably a mysterious, if not a downright scary aspect of running an information security program.... Read More
Regular Expressions for password complexity
Specops Password Policy contains a number of granular complexity, history, and dictionary requirements for passwords. However, we cannot always anticipate every customer’s unique password requirements. In order to give our customers the flexibility to set unique rules for passwords... Read More
Configuring the OSX guest user feature for Password Resets
There are many reasons to set up guest accounts for your Mac users. By enabling end-users to logon to the Mac operating system, with limited functionality (as configured via Parental Controls), the feature can facilitate the password reset process... Read More
Using Firefox Enterprise GPO’s to Enable Windows Integrated Authentication to Specops Websites
Mozilla recently launched Firefox 60, which now includes official support for configuration via Active Directory Group Policies. For customers using Specops uReset, Specops Authentication, or Specops Password Reset, this means you can now set up your Firefox users to... Read More
35% unsure if they follow UK password compliance
The InsideTech report, Meeting Compliance Requirements in Password Security, examines the UK password compliance recommendations and what organizations are doing to comply. Recently Bill Burr, the father of passwords and author of the 2003 password security guidelines for NIST,... Read More